What does precedence even mean?
Precedence might seem strange to us in the twenty-first century, especially for those of us living in places without hereditary titles....
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Excessively Diverted
Jun 13, 2021
Paste or Real Regency Jewelry? It doesn't matter!
If you hear "paste jewelry", do you think ugly knockoff or, worse, Elmer's glue? Paste jewelry was popular among Georgian society and was...
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Apr 18, 2021
Regency Mac and Cheese
In Nine Ladies, our regency time traveler to 2011 has to navigate a strange world with strange customs, and one of them is grocery...
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Mar 21, 2021
Neatness Counts in Crossed Letters
It’s rare to get “real” mail, something handwritten that arrives in the mailbox. Texts social media have replaced it, but I think there’s...
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Feb 13, 2021
So, I can't sew
I can reattach a button near enough to the right place so it gets into a buttonhole. I only got as far as cross-stitch bookmarks as a...
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Jan 3, 2021
Regency Ice Skating
While Jane Austen’s brother Frank was eager to skate, it seems that the women in his
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Dec 13, 2020
Like Pulling Teeth
My son is ten and his baby teeth were slow to come in… and they’re slow to fall out. He’s only had a few fall out on their own, even...
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Nov 21, 2020
I Just Wanted to Talk About Earrings!
I thought this blog post would be about cute earrings. I’d share more detail and pictures than I can in a #GeorgianJewelry tweet or FB...
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Nov 14, 2020
Jane Austen: Isolated Spinster or In-Touch Citizen?
Some think that Jane Austen was a culturally and politically myopic person because her novels are seemingly oblivious to those larger...
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Oct 10, 2020
Music and the Austen Couple
In the Georgian era, female accomplishments were indispensable assets on the marriage market. Like Miss Bingley describes, the ability to...
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Sep 18, 2020
Twining, Tea, and Jane Austen
Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m a tea drinker. Some might unfairly say tea snob, but I do like my tea, which is kept in...
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Aug 21, 2020
Wedgwood, Austen, and Elegance
I love dishes. I would use the good china and crystal every night. My favorite is a small Edwardian tea set that belonged to my maternal
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Jul 17, 2020
Wait ... how many shillings in a pound?
Have you read a JAFF where a character lays out 5 shillings to buy a yard of muslin, or pays off £1,000 in gambling debts, or tips a servant
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Jul 6, 2020
Ten Duel Commandments and a Jane Austen Variation
What does Hamilton have to do with a Jane Austen variation? How many of you watched Hamilton on Disney+ ?
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May 21, 2020
Furniture is Fun, and an Accurate Setting Matters
I’m often asked how much research I do for my books. The answer falls somewhere between a lot and too much! I have strong opinions about...
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Apr 11, 2020
Regency Parlor Games
If you were in regency-era England, and no one wanted to read aloud, or no one was interested in dancing, if you were tired of card...
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Mar 14, 2020
Shall We Dance?
In His Choice of A Wife, Darcy allows his sister to learn to waltz from a dancing master, and this has some romantic consequences for...
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